I Was Blackmailed Into Accepting Bullying Using My Childhood Friend as Leverage, But When I Found Out My Friend and Bully Were Together, I Abandoned All Compassion and Swore to Take Revenge with Everything I Had - Chapter 53: Sumie Fudo - Extra Edition: Because of Love... 3/8

Chapter 53: Sumie Fudo – Extra Edition: Because of Love… 3/8

After the joyful night of becoming Kenichi-kun’s stepsister, the next day arrived.

During gym class, as I was running on the field, I spotted Kenichi-kun walking unsteadily along the path behind the bushes near the school building. My mind was racing with thoughts of how I could get closer to him, now that we were family.

I broke away from the running track and sprinted straight toward him. 

There was no one in my way—no annoying childhood friend (trash) and no Kotone (the pest) hovering around. Now that I was part of Kenichi-kun’s family, I felt unstoppable. As I reached him, I grabbed his arm.

“Senpai~! I finally found you!”

“Huh? Who are you? I don’t know you, and I’m on my way home. Can you let go?”

Kenichi-kun looked at me as if I were a stranger. But now, I was invincible—soon we wouldn’t be strangers but family, connected both in body and soul.

“I’m Sumie Fudo, a first-year! The other day, you saved me from danger!”

I introduced myself, trying to keep my overwhelming emotions in check, suppressing 99% of them. I didn’t want to confuse him. Surely, Kenichi-kun would realize…

“I don’t know you. I don’t remember saving anyone, and this is definitely our first time meeting… You’ve got the wrong person, so can I go now?”

Kenichi-kun brushed off my arm and quickly walked away… But I…

I would never give up!!

Just as he stepped out of the school gate, he collapsed against a wall. I hurried over, lifted him onto my shoulder, and called my mom to arrange for a hospital. I also had her inform the school that I would be leaving early.

The taxi arrived quickly, and we headed straight to the hospital my mom had chosen. While in the car, I held Kenichi-kun’s hand and whispered softly in his ear,

“I’ll always be with you. It took a little detour, but… Senpai, Kenichi-kun… From now on, I’ll heal you with everything I have, with all my heart and soul ♡♪”

At the hospital, just outside Kenichi-kun’s room, I faced my mom and told her exactly how I felt.

“Mom! Let me take care of my Onii-chan! Please!!”

I confessed everything, how Kenichi-kun had helped me when I was a child, and how he saved me recently from being hit by a car. I told her that I loved him more than anyone in the world. My mom was surprised, but after hearing my heartfelt words, she hugged me and promised to support me.

However, she seemed to hesitate for a moment, shaking her head lightly. She decided that she would take care of Kenichi-kun during his stay at the hospital.

However, my mother shook her head and said that she would visit Kenichi in the hospital and take care of him.

“But… I’m the one who should be by Kenichi-kun’s side… We’re meant to be together…”

If I push too hard and make my mom suspicious, it might create problems for us living together in the future…

Instead, I asked my mom to help me plan a surprise for Kenichi-kun on the day of his discharge from the hospital.

While hoping for Kenichi-kun’s quick recovery, I scrolled through social media on my phone and found an account posting with the tag #ChildhoodFriendBreakup.

Just in case, I created a separate account under the name “Kurohitsuji” (Black Sheep) and tried to probe whether the account belonged to Shizuku Himeno.

Judging by the conversation, it was definitely the garbage known as Shizuku Himeno. Reading through her posts made me feel sick, but the ones where she hinted at wanting to reconcile with her childhood friend were infuriating.

[Hello, haha. I’m Kurohitsuji! Nice to meet you, Hime-san! I was interested in your posts, so I thought I’d drop you a DM!]

No one would sympathize with such self-serving posts, so I was likely the only one who responded. Sure enough, I quickly got a reply from “Hime.” After several exchanges, the true nature of this disgusting girl became clear.

Hime: “Why should I be blamed just because the guy who confessed to me happened to be the one bullying my childhood friend? It’s not like it’s my fault!”

Kurohitsuji: “Oh, I see, haha. Maybe your childhood friend was just jealous and acting out?”

Writing that made me feel sick to my stomach. The thought that Kenichi-kun once had feelings for such a shallow, loose woman made me curse the unfairness of this world.

Hime: “I mean, it’s not like I was dating my childhood friend anyway. Why should I be blamed just because I slept with my boyfriend? If he felt threatened or something, he could have just told me.”

Hime: “I even offered to listen to him so many times, but he never said anything! That’s on him!”

This bitch… I wanted to kill her… right this second…

Kurohitsuji: “Exactly, haha! Hime-chan, you’re not in the wrong~ That gloomy childhood friend of yours is just super jealous! You gotta watch out for guys like that!”

I couldn’t forgive myself for writing that, so I punched my hand, the one I value most for tennis, over and over again.

Hime: “Well, yeah, I do feel a little bad about the keepsake from his mom, but am I really the one to blame for all this?”

I remembered Kenichi-kun at the cremation, clutching Aunt Youka’s ashes, looking so sad and downcast, and tears welled up in my eyes…

Kurohitsuji: “That gloomy childhood friend of yours must have the tiniest mind ever, smaller than a karaoke box! Lol!”

Tears dripped onto my phone screen, making it hard to type.

Hime: “Lol, so true! Like a cat’s forehead, right? Kuro-chan, you’re so on point with the humor.”

Kurohitsuji: “Totally, Hime-chan! Don’t let it bother you~ Stay strong and keep your spirits up!!”

Hime: “You bet, haha!”

I swore to myself that one day, I’d send this girl to hell… I threw my tear-soaked phone onto the desk, collapsed onto my bed, and covered my eyes with my arms, swollen and red from hitting them.

Hime: “Today, I got a message from him for the first time in a while!!”

I ignored her delusional message, and after that, Hime stopped sending me anything altogether.